Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Georgia SB 101 Passes Senate

On Monday 2013-03-04 the Georgia Senate passed the State Bill 101 by a margin of 41-10. Now the bill will be voted on in the state House of Representatives.
Main features of the bill are enumerated below:
  • Repeals the unnecessary and repetitive state licenses for a firearms dealers, ensuring that gun dealers are only required to have a Federal Firearms License.
  • Enhances the current reciprocity for out-of-state concealed carry permit holders traveling through Georgia.  This is hopefully a precedent for other states to emulate.
  • Preempts a ban on firearms in public housing, as the necessity of self-defense is paramount regardless of where one calls home.
  • Protects the confidentiality of the holders of Weapons Carry Licenses.
  • Prohibits the state from creating and maintaining a database of Weapons Carry License holders.
  • Lowers the age from 21 to 18 for activity duty military, with specific training, to obtain a Weapons Carry License to carry a concealed firearm for self-defense.
A link to the actual bill follows:
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/en-US/Display/20132014/SB/101

Georgia legislators tend to be truculent with initial legislation offerings, often matching well the public expectation.  They also tend to follow with reversing actions, such is the way now with how they are trying to sneak through a weakening of E-Verify requirements.  Push on those House members to enact SB 101.
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